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Old 03-31-2007, 01:21 PM   #1
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Red Exerciser: Scam?

I saw this hokey commercial (last night) for a sit-n-spin type abdominal exerciser all for only $14.99 - BUT WAIT! ...if you call now

Curiosity made me look it up today because I was bored and I wondered how much they really charge you for that low, LOW, price of only $14.99.

I visited four different review sites, most people were dissatisfied, some were too proud to admit that they'd gotten ripped off, some were too stupid to realize it, or the review seemed like a marketing fake.

This site was one of the few that actually had the amounts that people had been charged. After reading the first page, it appears that no one paid only $14.99.
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Old 03-31-2007, 01:40 PM   #2
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I researched that a few months ago and it's $14.99 the first month then some outrageous amount of money for the next 5 months or soIt was in very tiny, tiny print too


Let me look for it.
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Old 03-31-2007, 01:42 PM   #3
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https://www.redexerciser.com/home.aspx


Looks the price went down some because I could have sworn it was $59 for 5 or 6 months.......
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Old 03-31-2007, 02:09 PM   #4
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Glad you posted the infomercialscam site, I'd been thinking about trying the video professor discs, no more.
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Old 03-31-2007, 02:10 PM   #5
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agohttps://www.redexerciser.com/home.aspx

Looks the price went down some because I could have sworn it was $59 for 5 or 6 months.......
Check out the MAX version. Rated for 375lbs. I doubt the little x-frame is going to hold that amount of weight.
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Old 03-31-2007, 02:39 PM   #6
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Glad you posted the infomercialscam site, I'd been thinking about trying the video professor discs, no more.
Never heard of that one.

I found Miss Cleo
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Jeff writes:
Do not call Miss Cleo! Its a scam! And its not a "Free Readin baby!" its a call that will set you back between $50 and $200 or more.

Susan writes:
My sister used to work for Miss Cleo. MY SISTER IS NOT A PSYCHIC! Shows you how big of a scam this is. It was pretty much her job to keep people on the phone for as long as possible to run up the bill. That job din't last long, but it paid well.
No! Really?
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